Lightning Can Strike Twice: an Unlucky Patient of Neurological Interest

Overview

Journal BMJ Case Rep

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2013 Jul 2

PMID 23814000

Authors

Ebony S Gilbee

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Abstract

Poliomyelitis, once a worldwide epidemic, is becoming increasingly rare owing to the introduction of the polio vaccine in the 1950s. It is estimated that the number of cases of polio has reduced by 99% since the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) started in 1988. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is another relatively uncommon condition which also affects anterior horn cells with debilitating neurological, and deadly, consequences. An unusual case of an aggressive form of ALS developing in a 72-year-old patient with paralytic poliomyelitis in childhood is presented. Her initial presentation was puzzling, and our approach to the diagnostic dilemma is discussed.

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